This scene was filmed and widely shared on social media. We are talking, of course, about the scene where Sawa Pontyjska is held back in a muscular manner by a security agent from the Cannes film festival. This during his climb of the steps for the film Marcello Mio, on May 21. Sawa Pontyjska filed a complaint against the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival following this incident.
In the images, we can see the young woman at the top of the steps of the Palais des Festivals. While she is visibly trying to go downShe being held down forcefully. One security guard, in particular, belts her in a very muscular manner. In retaliation for what she describes as “attack”, she filed a complaint and requests 100,000 euros !
Cannes Film Festival 2024: what Sawa Pontyjska’s complaint contains
Sawa Pontyjska shared this moment with his followers on social networks. Indeed, she shared a photo of herself on the steps of the Cannes magistrate court with her complaint. As for the content of his complaint, we can read: “May 21, 2024, 7 p.m., at the Grand Théâtre Lumière. However when trying to walk on the red carpet at the top of the stairs, I was violently arrested by a group of security guards“.
Note that Sawa Pontyjska had already reacted to this situation on her Instagram account. On May 29, she spoke in particular about “brutality” and a “excessive use of physical force” in a video. In the latter, she had already stated that she was looking for a lawyer to take legal action against the organizers of the Festival for “having authorized security officers to use physical force“.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Kelly Rowland annoyed by the same agent
The same day, Kelly Rowland was also filmed on the red carpet while she was very annoyed. In another video that has gone viral, we see the singer exchanging words with the same security guard who had surrounded Sawa Pontyjska. Even if we cannot hear the words that the singer addressed to the security guard, we understand that they were not compliments.
“There were other women who frequented this carpet who didn’t really look like me, and they weren’t nor scolded, nor rejected, nor invited to come down“, declared the American singer to Associated Press regarding the incident. Unfortunately, this situation was not an isolated case on the Croisette.
